Hades Fast 2 Town Center Heroic Build (Under 10 Minutes) — Age of Mythology: Retold

This guide showcases a Hades build order in Age of Mythology: Retold that allows you to secure a second Town Center and reach Heroic Age before the 10-minute mark.

This strategy focuses on early economic expansion, strong defensive positioning, and a fast transition into siege pressure.

Why This Build Is Strong

This build offers several powerful advantages:

• Early second Town Center for strong economic growth
• Fast Fortress to defend your second gold mine
• Access to siege units very early
• Free Ballistics upgrade from Hades upon reaching Heroic Age
• Early Vault of Erebus for passive gold income
• Full access to Hypaspists and heavy unit upgrades

If executed correctly, this build creates a huge economic and military lead very quickly.

Weaknesses of This Strategy

This build is very vulnerable to early aggression.

• Early raids can delay your second Town Center
• Aggressive players can deny your expansion
• Requires strict execution with minimal mistakes

However, against passive opponents, this strategy becomes extremely powerful.

Best Game Mode

This build works best in 2v2 matches:

• Larger maps allow safer expansion
• Teammates reduce early pressure
• Players usually prioritize economy over rushing

Against passive opponents, you will gain a massive lead very quickly.

Build Order — Step by Step

Starting Villagers

• First 2 villagers → Food (hunt)
• Next 2 villagers → Gold
• Build Gold Silo near trees (to avoid second silo for wood)
• Queue Vault of Erebus immediately

Early Economy Setup

• First 4 new villagers → Food (total 6 food villagers)
• Next 2 villagers → Wood
• Avoid building a second silo if possible

Wait until 150 gold, then:

• Build Temple with both gold villagers

Favor Production

• Next 2 villagers → Temple
• When reaching 50 wood, one wood villager:
  • Builds House
  • Moves to Temple

You should now have:

• 5 villagers on Favor

Economy Distribution

• Send 4 new villagers → Food (total 10)
• Last villager → Gold

Goal:

• Reach 16 Favor
• Move 4 Temple villagers → Wood
• You now have 5 on Wood

At 18 Favor:

• Move last Temple villager → Gold
• Click Advance to Classical Age
• Population should be 18

While Advancing

Relocate villagers:

• Move 7 villagers from Food → Gold

Final distribution:

• 3 Food
• 6 Wood
• 8 Gold

Also:

• Train First Hero
• Build House with one gold villager

Classical Age

Once you reach Classical:

• Train Second Hero
• All new villagers → Food
• Gather from Sheep (avoid new silo)

Second Town Center Goal

Resources needed:

• 350 Wood
• 350 Gold

You will usually have:

• ~630 gold when wood reaches 350

When ready:

• Send 7 gold villagers to build Second Town Center
• Defend with:
  • 2 Heroes
  • 1 Minotaur

Preparing for Heroic Age

Next goal:

• 800 Food
• Around 20 villagers on food

Clear:

• Berries
• Chickens
• Hunt near second TC

After building Town Center:

• Use wood for Silos or Barracks
• Ideal setup:
  • 2 Barracks
  • 2 Military buildings

Build Armory using berry villagers.

Advancing to Heroic Age

After clicking advance:

Relocate villagers:

Target distribution:

• 10 Food
• 6 Gold
• 4 Favor
• Rest Wood

You need:

• 300 Wood
• 300 Gold
• 10 Favor

To build Fortress near next gold mine

Heroic Age Transition

After Fortress is built:

• Start massing army
• Build multiple barracks
• Do economic upgrades
• Transition into farms
• New villagers rally → Wood
• Move some to farms gradually

At this point, your economy and military production will snowball quickly.

Final Notes

This is not a meta build, but it is extremely effective against passive opponents, especially in 2v2 matches.

If uninterrupted, this strategy gives:

• Fast Heroic Age
• Two Town Centers
• Early Fortress
• Strong economy
• Siege pressure

Have fun trying this Advanced Hades build order, and enjoy dominating passive opponents!